On 2013-11-01, Mirko Boehm <mi...@kde.org> wrote: > To me, "build systems should not download anything" sounds like a movie > from the 80ies.
To me, "build systems fetches code and executes it" sounds like a bad horror movie. > For example, from a developers point of view, what is the difference between > me > pulling the ECM repo and CMake doing it automatically? A brain? That you know it is going on. That you know your build system is also going to work tomorrow in the train. And note, it is not only pulling. It is also cloning. Fetching stuff from random places you haven't yet accepted is not good for anyones internet security. We should not push such things forward. > In my opinion, a central repository of community maintained find module > packages has a chance of making a real difference. Sure. And we have a central repository of community maintained find modules. That's not part of the discussion. If you want a tool that does all the magic for you, we have kdesrc-build. And build-tool. oh. and btw, you want to replace e-c-m with a 'fetch-ecm'-repository that people needs to fetch first? why not just ask people to fetch ecm in the first place? /Sune _______________________________________________ Kde-frameworks-devel mailing list Kde-frameworks-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-frameworks-devel